'Warhol and Watts': Students take on Pop art

Anthony Dixon for 'Warhol and Watts'

Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times

Anthony Dixon's contribution to Pharmaka's Warhol and Watts exhibit featuring the works of Pop art icon Andy Warhol and Watts elementary school kids. The project came about through a partnership between youth organization Urban Compass, Pharmaka and investment banker-turned-art collector Richard Weisman.

Emely Garcia is pretty in pinks. Using photographs of themselves, the students created the effect of Warhols silk-screens of various pop culture images and icons by applying bright-colored paints to the photos.

Emely Garcia is pretty in pinks. Using photographs of themselves, the students created the effect of Warhols silk-screens of various pop culture images and icons by applying bright-colored paints to the photos. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)